Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl has placed the blame at Chelsea's door after the Blues failed to land winger Jamie Gittens ahead of the first summer transfer deadline.
Mail Sport reported on Tuesday that Gittens had sped away from Borussia Dortmund's Hohenbuschei training ground after being denied a move in time for the Club World Cup.
Chelsea needed to have completed a deal by the 7pm deadline in order to register Gittens for the expanded competition in the United States.
The Blues left it late to raise their offer for the England U21 international winger and chose not to go beyond a bid of £42million.
They had previously put in a £29.5m bid that was also knocked back by the Bundesliga outfit.
Gittens, who has now been named in Dortmund's Club World Cup squad, hopes Chelsea rekindle talks in the summer window and that the Bundesliga club lower their £55m demands.
Speaking following the collapse of the deal, Kehl stressed that both clubs having differing valuations for the winger and highlighted the lateness of Chelsea's offer.
'In the end, we didn’t come to an agreement on Jamie because we have different ideas about the player’s current value,' Kehl told reporters.
But the talks were very, very respectful. We have been in very good dialogue with Chelsea for many years.
'And yet we have a different point of view and are happy that Jamie will now be part of our team at the Club World Cup and are delighted that he is staying.
'I’m not responsible for the late offer. But of course I still have to deal with it and that’s what we’ve done.
'Let’s see how things develop in the future.'
Gittens was one of 25 players named in Dortmund's squad for the Club World Cup, with their selection also including their new £32million signing Jobe Bellingham.
Dortmund are set to face Brazilian side Fluminense, South Korea’s Ulsan HD and Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa in the group stages of the tournament.
Gittens, who joined Dortmund from Man City in 2020, has made 106 appearances for the club and scored 17 goals.
akpchoichinho001
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Pls you all should take off this Garnacho guy off Chelsea book he’s not qualify to be a Chelsea player someone who can’t dribble pass defenders only run anh selfish players other good wingers are out there
well I still do prefer him over gitten ... bundesliga players are shit trust me
Zeucdeot
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they thought our owners are fools to do what they want 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Geebabs
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nkunku should be given enough chance next season that guy has suffered a lot in the hands of Chelsea and he has been very professional never complained I hope he can get back to his very best next season also I love the way Dortmund received Gotten back into the squad if it was Chelsea now, they would've banned him into their bomb squad
2muchmoney
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signing players from bundesliga to epl is a total scam .. get us kudus or garnacho at least .. they have proven themselves out there in big stages in the league so far
Pls you all should take off this Garnacho guy off Chelsea book he’s not qualify to be a Chelsea player someone who can’t dribble pass defenders only run anh selfish players other good wingers are out there
boncikmuz
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EPL clubs suffer in the hands of other leagues.
yudcdeiloz
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Let gittens stay at borousia, we are chelsea will get another better player
Meubiltz
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17 goals in 106 appearances. That's 1 goal in 6 games. Mudryk even better than this guy. May just be blessing in disguise .
Buzeilntu
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Gittens can stay! We are Chelsea and we trust the process!
jadacdint
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thank God for this collapsed deal.
akpchoichinho001
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signing players from bundesliga to epl is a total scam .. get us kudus or garnacho at least .. they have proven themselves out there in big stages in the league so far
chukwuka29
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Sorry,,.. to say this, most of Bundesliga clubs are full of thief's and lots scammers... when it comes to selling their players... they high their market price highly 😡😡😡😡😒😒😒👀👀👀
cuulmprtyz
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YOU PEOPLE DENIED CHELSEA BY HAALAND,YOU STARTED AGAIN
Immaculate003
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The way clubs from outside EPL sell players to EPL clubs is alarming. They always want to milk them dry.
rataclmpry
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I preferred nico or karim
Letbcimrs
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Gittens is for Chelsea no matter what guys
mosadeikmo
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Very well said.. we will bounce back and get our man
yukalnrsuy
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the money is to much
VIKINGSB
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How can you place the blame on Chelsea after they tabled £42m? They tried cuz Dortmund wouldn't even table up to that. The blame is on you cuz you feel its Chelsea, but Chelsea would be back.
wenbimnpt
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Guess we will find a way to get back at you in the future..